A succession of paradigms in ecology: Essentialism to materialism and probabilism

By Daniel Simberloff. Synthese, 2004

173 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Environmental Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. V. Heywood
2. José María Iriondo
3. Katherine A. Eschelbach
4. G. Hess
5. F. Koch
6. M. Rubino
7. Jorie M. Favreau
8. C. Drew

In Environmental Engineering

1. V. Heywood
2. José María Iriondo

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. V. Heywood
2. José María Iriondo
3. Katherine A. Eschelbach
4. G. Hess
5. F. Koch
6. M. Rubino
7. Jorie M. Favreau
8. C. Drew

Citations in the corpus

• Plant conservation: old problems, new perspectives (2003, background): “The previously current ‘holistic’ or ‘equilibrium’ paradigm’ (Simberloff, 1982) with its emphasis on ecological systems as closed, selfregulating systems in their natural state, in equilibrium at their most mature state, subject to successional changes that will restore the original state and…”
• Recommendations for Assessing the Effectiveness of Surrogate Species Approaches (2006, background): “Simberloff (1980) noted that ecology has moved to a probabilistic paradigm where ecologists recognize that events should be stated with probability.”